circumlocution
- noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
periphrasis; ambage.
- noun an indirect way of expressing something
indirect expression.
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four
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
tetrad; quaternity; quadruplet; foursome; Little Joe; IV; quaternion; quatern; quaternary; quartet; 4.
- noun a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips
four-spot.
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obstruction
- noun any structure that makes progress difficult
impedimenta; impediment; obstructor; obstructer.
- noun the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction
blockage.
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scheming
- adjective satellite used of persons
conniving; calculative; shrewd; calculating.
- the most calculating and selfish men in the community
- verb form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
scheme; intrigue; connive.
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short-change
- verb cheat someone by not returning him enough money
short.
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; diddle; defraud; swindle.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
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defraud
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; diddle; swindle.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
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snipe
- noun Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
- noun a gunshot from a concealed location
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bludgeon
- noun a club used as a weapon
- verb overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club
- The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas
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whipsaw
- noun a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people
lumberman's saw; two-man saw; two-handed saw.
- verb victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations
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nominal
- noun a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
nominal phrase; noun phrase.
- adjective relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name
- the Russian system of nominal brevity
- a nominal lists of priests
- taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls
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recycle
- verb cause to repeat a cycle
- verb use again after processing
reprocess; reuse.
- We must recycle the cardboard boxes
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commercialisation
- noun the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce
commercialization.
- my father considered the commercialization of Christmas to be a sacrilege
- the government tried to accelerate the commercialization of this development
- both companies will retain control over the commercialization of their own products
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distort
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; garble.
- verb form into a spiral shape
twist; twine.
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hocus-pocus
- noun verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
trickery; hanky panky; skulduggery; slickness; jiggery-pokery; skullduggery.
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affect
- noun the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
- verb have an effect upon
impact; touch on; bear upon; bear on; touch.
- Will the new rules affect me?
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disorientation
- noun a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
freak out.
- noun confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction
- his disorientation was the result of inattention
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exaggerate
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb do something to an excessive degree
overdo.
- He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups
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housebreaker
- noun a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
cat burglar.
- noun a wrecker of houses
housewrecker.
- in England a housewrecker is called a housebreaker
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punching_bag
- noun a person on whom another person vents their anger
- he resigned because his boss used him as a punching bag
- noun an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing
punching ball; punch bag; punchball.
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enjoy
- verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
savor; savour; bask; relish.
- She relished her fame and basked in her glory
- verb have benefit from
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phoney
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
hypocrite; dissembler; phony; dissimulator; pretender.
- adjective satellite fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
bastard; bogus; phony; fake.
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force
- noun a powerful effect or influence
- the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them
- noun (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
- force equals mass times acceleration
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capitalisation
- noun writing in capital letters
capitalization.
- noun an estimation of the value of a business
capitalization.
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direct
- verb command with authority
- He directed the children to do their homework
- verb intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
aim; point; place; target.
- He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face
- criticism directed at her superior
- direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
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channelize
- verb direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
maneuver; head; point; direct; guide; channelise; manoeuvre; manoeuver; steer.
- verb make a channel for; provide with a channel
channelise.
- channelize the country for better transportation
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colonialism
- noun exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country
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designing
- noun the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
design.
- he contributed to the design of a new instrument
- verb make or work out a plan for; devise
project; design; contrive; plan.
- They contrived to murder their boss
- design a new sales strategy
- plan an attack
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new
- adjective not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- a new law
- new cars
- a new comet
- a new friend
- a new year
- the New World
- adjective satellite original and of a kind not seen before
fresh; novel.
- the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem
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inducement
- noun a positive motivational influence
motivator; incentive.
- noun act of bringing about a desired result
inducing.
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prate
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
prattle; chin music; blether; idle talk.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
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protection
- noun the activity of protecting someone or something
- the witnesses demanded police protection
- noun a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
protective covering; protective cover.
- they had no protection from the fallout
- wax provided protection for the floors
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burgle
- verb commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
burglarize; heist; burglarise.
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mannerism
- noun a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
idiosyncrasy; foible.
- noun a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
affectation; pose; affectedness.
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give_away
- verb make a gift of
- She gave away her antique furniture
- verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
disclose; reveal; unwrap; bring out; expose; let on; discover; divulge; break; let out.
- The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
- The actress won't reveal how old she is
- bring out the truth
- he broke the news to her
- unwrap the evidence in the murder case
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military
- noun the military forces of a nation
armed forces; armed services; military machine; war machine.
- their military is the largest in the region
- the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker
- adjective of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
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maunder
- verb wander aimlessly
- verb talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
mussitate; mumble; mutter.
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fraud_in_the_inducement
- noun fraud which intentionally causes a person to execute and instrument or make an agreement or render a judgment; e.g., misleading someone about the true facts
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fantastic
- adjective satellite ludicrously odd
grotesque; antic; fantastical.
- Hamlet's assumed antic disposition
- fantastic Halloween costumes
- a grotesque reflection in the mirror
- adjective satellite extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
marvelous; marvellous; grand; terrific; howling; wonderful; wondrous; rattling; tremendous.
- a fantastic trip to the Orient
- the film was fantastic!
- a howling success
- a marvelous collection of rare books
- had a rattling conversation about politics
- a tremendous achievement
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straw
- noun plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
stubble; chaff; husk; stalk; shuck.
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elude
- verb escape, either physically or mentally
bilk; evade.
- The thief eluded the police
- This difficult idea seems to evade her
- The event evades explanation
- verb be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
escape.
- What you are seeing in him eludes me
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overworking
- noun the act of working too much or too long
overwork.
- he became ill from overwork
- verb use too much
overwork.
- This play has been overworked
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circumvent
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; outfox.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
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manoeuver
- verb act in order to achieve a certain goal
maneuver; manoeuvre.
- He maneuvered to get the chairmanship
- She maneuvered herself into the directorship
- verb direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
maneuver; head; point; direct; guide; channelise; manoeuvre; channelize; steer.
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cheating
- noun a deception for profit to yourself
cheat.
- verb deprive somebody of something by deceit
cheat; rip off; chisel.
- The con-man beat me out of $50
- This salesman ripped us off!
- we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme
- They chiseled me out of my money
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quibbler
- noun a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections
caviler; caviller; pettifogger.
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strike
- noun a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
work stoppage.
- the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled
- noun an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
- the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn
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tell
- verb express in words
state; say.
- He said that he wanted to marry her
- tell me what is bothering you
- state your opinion
- state your name
- noun a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
William Tell.
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phony
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
hypocrite; phoney; dissembler; dissimulator; pretender.
- adjective satellite fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
bastard; phoney; bogus; fake.
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warp
- noun a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
deflection.
- noun a shape distorted by twisting or folding
buckle.
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warm
- verb get warm or warmer
warm up.
- The soup warmed slowly on the stove
- verb make warm or warmer
- The blanket will warm you
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faker
- noun a person who makes deceitful pretenses
fraud; shammer; imposter; impostor; pseudo; pseud; role player; fake; pretender; sham.
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hold
- noun the act of grasping
grip; clutches; clutch; clench; grasp; clasp.
- he released his clasp on my arm
- he has a strong grip for an old man
- she kept a firm hold on the railing
- noun understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
grasp; appreciation.
- he has a good grasp of accounting practices
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rook
- noun (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
castle.
- noun common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
Corvus frugilegus.
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wangling
- noun an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery
wangle.
- verb achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
manage; finagle; wangle.
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interposition
- noun the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
interpellation; interjection; interpolation.
- noun the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others
intervention.
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constructive_fraud
- noun comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence
legal fraud.
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put_one_across
- verb fool or hoax
fool; put on; gull; take in; dupe; befool; put one over; cod; slang.
- The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone
- You can't fool me!
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give
- noun the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
spring; springiness.
- verb cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
- She gave him a black eye
- The draft gave me a cold
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facade
- noun the face or front of a building
frontal; frontage.
- noun a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
window dressing.
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thing
- noun a special situation
- this thing has got to end
- it is a remarkable thing
- noun an action
- how could you do such a thing?
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peculation
- noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
embezzlement; defalcation; misappropriation; misapplication.
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zany
- noun a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
goof; cuckoo; fathead; goose; bozo; twat; jackass; goofball.
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bunk
- noun a long trough for feeding cattle
feed bunk.
- noun a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
built in bed; berth.
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song
- noun a short musical composition with words
vocal.
- a successful musical must have at least three good songs
- noun a distinctive or characteristic sound
- the song of bullets was in the air
- the song of the wind
- the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead
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machine
- noun any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
- noun an efficient person
- the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine
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speciousness
- noun an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
meretriciousness.
- the speciousness of his argument
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fudge
- noun soft creamy candy
- verb tamper, with the purpose of deception
wangle; fake; cook; misrepresent; falsify; manipulate.
- Fudge the figures
- cook the books
- falsify the data
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utilise
- verb put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
employ; apply; use; utilize.
- use your head!
- we only use Spanish at home
- I can't use this tool
- Apply a magnetic field here
- This thinking was applied to many projects
- How do you utilize this tool?
- I apply this rule to get good results
- use the plastic bags to store the food
- He doesn't know how to use a computer
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possum
- noun nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
opossum.
- noun small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
phalanger; opossum.
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wrong
- noun that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
wrongfulness.
- he feels that you are in the wrong
- noun any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
legal injury; damage.
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chump
- noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
fool; soft touch; sucker; gull; patsy; fall guy; mug; mark.
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coiner
- noun a maker of counterfeit coins
- noun someone who is a source of new words or new expressions
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extortion
- noun an exorbitant charge
- noun unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority)
- the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty
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capitalise
- verb supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
capitalize.
- verb draw advantages from
capitalize; take advantage.
- he is capitalizing on her mistake
- she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover
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dealer
- noun someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
trader; bargainer; monger.
- noun a firm engaged in trading
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phrenology
- noun a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties
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decoy
- noun a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
steerer.
- noun something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
lure; bait.
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cardsharp
- noun a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
card sharper; sharpy; sharper; card shark; cardsharper; card sharp; sharpie.
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devote
- verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
commit; consecrate; dedicate; give.
- She committed herself to the work of God
- give one's talents to a good cause
- consecrate your life to the church
- verb dedicate
pay; give.
- give thought to
- give priority to
- pay attention to
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over
- noun (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- adjective satellite having come or been brought to a conclusion
concluded; terminated; complete; ended; all over.
- the harvesting was complete
- the affair is over, ended, finished
- the abruptly terminated interview
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ensnare
- verb take or catch as if in a snare or trap
entrap; frame; set up.
- I was set up!
- The innocent man was framed by the police
- verb catch in or as if in a trap
trammel; entrap; snare; trap.
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sibylle
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fable
- noun a deliberately false or improbable account
fabrication; fiction.
- noun a short moral story (often with animal characters)
parable; allegory; apologue.
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tricker
- noun someone who plays practical jokes on others
cut-up; prankster; trickster; practical joker; hoaxer.
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auditory
- adjective of or relating to the process of hearing
auditive; audile.
- auditory processing
- an audile person
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fib
- noun a trivial lie
tale; story; taradiddle; tarradiddle.
- he told a fib about eating his spinach
- how can I stop my child from telling stories?
- verb tell a relatively insignificant lie
- Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying
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defrauder
- noun a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
gouger; chiseller; chiseler; swindler; scammer; grifter.
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foxiness
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
guile; craft; slyness; craftiness; wiliness; cunning.
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mistreat
- verb treat badly
ill-use; ill-treat; maltreat; step; abuse.
- This boss abuses his workers
- She is always stepping on others to get ahead
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take_in
- verb provide with shelter
- verb fool or hoax
fool; put on; gull; dupe; befool; put one over; cod; put one across; slang.
- The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone
- You can't fool me!
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goldbricking
- noun the evasion of work or duty
slacking; shirking; goofing off; soldiering.
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; diddle; defraud; swindle.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
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plaster
- noun a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- noun any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs
plaster of Paris.
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break
- noun some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
interruption.
- the telephone is an annoying interruption
- there was a break in the action when a player was hurt
- noun an unexpected piece of good luck
good luck; happy chance.
- he finally got his big break
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genovese
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants
Genoese.
- the Genoese sailor we call Columbus
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enamor
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enchant.
- She captured all the men's hearts
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bunko_game
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
bunko; bunco game; sting; flimflam; con game; confidence game; gyp; bunco; hustle; confidence trick; con.
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straining
- noun an intense or violent exertion
strain.
- noun the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
twisting; overrefinement; torture; distortion.
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interpolation
- noun a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
insertion.
- with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told
- with many insertions in the margins
- noun (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known
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neocolonialism
- noun control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures
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juggling
- noun the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression
juggle.
- noun throwing and catching several objects simultaneously
juggle.
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shirking
- noun the evasion of work or duty
slacking; goofing off; soldiering; goldbricking.
- verb avoid (one's assigned duties)
goldbrick; shrink from; shirk; fiddle.
- The derelict soldier shirked his duties
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ill-usage
- noun cruel or inhumane treatment
maltreatment; ill-treatment; abuse.
- the child showed signs of physical abuse
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tricksy
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
tricky; wily; knavish; sly; slick; foxy; guileful; dodgy; crafty; cunning.
- cunning men often pass for wise
- deep political machinations
- a foxy scheme
- a slick evasive answer
- sly as a fox
- tricky Dick
- a wily old attorney
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palaver
- noun flattery intended to persuade
cajolery; blandishment.
- noun loud and confused and empty talk
rhetoric; empty talk; empty words; hot air.
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wittol
- noun an archaic term for a cuckold who knows about his wife's infidelity but tolerates it
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turning
- noun the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
turn.
- he took a turn to the right
- noun act of changing in practice or custom
- the law took many turnings over the years
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bill_of_goods
- noun communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable
- they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car
- noun a consignment of merchandise
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entrap
- verb take or catch as if in a snare or trap
ensnare; frame; set up.
- I was set up!
- The innocent man was framed by the police
- verb catch in or as if in a trap
trammel; ensnare; snare; trap.
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mutilate
- verb destroy or injure severely
mangle; cut up.
- The madman mutilates art work
- verb alter so as to make unrecognizable
murder; mangle.
- The tourists murdered the French language
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horseshit
- noun obscene words for unacceptable behavior
crap; Irish bull; dogshit; bull; bullshit; shit.
- I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
- what he said was mostly bull
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get_away
- verb run away from confinement
break loose; escape.
- The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison
- verb escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
get out; escape; get off; get by.
- She gets away with murder!
- I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities
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puck
- noun a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
hockey puck.
- noun a mischievous sprite of English folklore
Robin Goodfellow.
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hook
- noun a catch for locking a door
- noun a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
crotchet.
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thick
- noun the location of something surrounded by other things
midst.
- in the midst of the crowd
- adjective not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
- an inch thick
- a thick board
- a thick sandwich
- spread a thick layer of butter
- thick coating of dust
- thick warm blankets
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hedging
- noun any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
hedge.
- noun an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
hedge.
- when you say `maybe' you are just hedging
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service
- noun work done by one person or group that benefits another
- budget separately for goods and services
- noun an act of help or assistance
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fiction
- noun a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
- noun a deliberately false or improbable account
fable; fabrication.
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gypsum_board
- noun wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls
plasterboard.
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malingering
- noun evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
skulking.
- they developed a test to detect malingering
- verb avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
skulk; malinger.
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garble
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; distort.
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murder
- noun unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
slaying; execution.
- verb kill intentionally and with premeditation
off; slay; dispatch; remove; hit; bump off; polish off.
- The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
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overdraw
- verb draw more money from than is available
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
magnify; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
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flimflam
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
bunko; bunco game; bunko game; sting; con game; confidence game; gyp; bunco; hustle; confidence trick; con.
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fraud_in_the_factum
- noun fraud that arises from a disparity between the instrument intended to be executed and the instrument actually executed; e.g., leading someone to sign the wrong contract
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gyp
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
bunko; bunco game; bunko game; sting; flimflam; con game; confidence game; bunco; hustle; confidence trick; con.
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; diddle; defraud; swindle.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
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tithe
- noun a levy of one tenth of something
- noun an offering of a tenth part of some personal income
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guile
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
craft; slyness; foxiness; craftiness; wiliness; cunning.
- noun the quality of being crafty
craftiness; deceitfulness.
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project
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
undertaking; task; labor.
- he prepared for great undertakings
- noun a planned undertaking
projection.
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hallucination
- noun illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder
- noun a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
delusion.
- he has delusions of competence
- his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination
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prankster
- noun someone who plays practical jokes on others
cut-up; trickster; tricker; practical joker; hoaxer.
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rag
- noun a small piece of cloth or paper
tatter; shred; tag; tag end.
- noun a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
rag week.
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mind
- noun that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
psyche; brain; head; nous.
- his mind wandered
- I couldn't get his words out of my head
- noun recall or remembrance
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mine
- noun excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
- noun explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
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rat
- noun any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- noun someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
strikebreaker; scab; blackleg.
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cannibalize
- verb eat human flesh
cannibalise.
- verb use parts of something to repair something else
cannibalise.
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put_on
- verb put clothing on one's body
assume; don; get into; wear.
- What should I wear today?
- He put on his best suit for the wedding
- The princess donned a long blue dress
- The queen assumed the stately robes
- He got into his jeans
- verb add to something existing
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snow
- noun precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
snowfall.
- noun a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
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force
- noun a powerful effect or influence
- the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them
- noun (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
- force equals mass times acceleration
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play_around
- verb commit adultery
fool around.
- verb work with in an amateurish manner
dabble; smatter.
- She dabbles in astronomy
- He plays around with investments but he never makes any money
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capitalization
- noun writing in capital letters
capitalisation.
- noun an estimation of the value of a business
capitalisation.
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phantasy
- noun something many people believe that is false
fantasy; illusion; fancy.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
fantasy.
- she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies
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mouth
- noun the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
oral fissure; oral cavity; rima oris.
- he stuffed his mouth with candy
- noun the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening
- she wiped lipstick from her mouth
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singer
- noun a person who sings
vocalizer; vocalist; vocaliser.
- noun United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875)
Isaac Merrit Singer; Isaac M. Singer.
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saint_george
- noun Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
George; St. George.
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impostor
- noun a person who makes deceitful pretenses
fraud; shammer; imposter; pseudo; faker; pseud; role player; fake; pretender; sham.
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irish_bull
- noun obscene words for unacceptable behavior
crap; horseshit; dogshit; bull; bullshit; shit.
- I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
- what he said was mostly bull
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fair_game
- noun a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
prey; target; quarry.
- he fell prey to muggers
- everyone was fair game
- the target of a manhunt
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babble_out
- verb divulge confidential information or secrets
let the cat out of the bag; peach; babble; spill the beans; tattle; blab out; sing; blab; talk.
- Be careful--his secretary talks
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dupe
- noun a person who is tricked or swindled
victim.
- verb fool or hoax
fool; put on; gull; take in; befool; put one over; cod; put one across; slang.
- The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone
- You can't fool me!
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sharpie
- noun an alert and energetic person
sharpy; eager beaver; busy bee; live wire.
- noun a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
card sharper; sharpy; sharper; card shark; cardsharp; cardsharper; card sharp.
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caper
- noun any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis
- noun pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces
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decarlo
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bush
- noun a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
shrub.
- noun a large wilderness area
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wiliness
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
guile; craft; slyness; foxiness; craftiness; cunning.
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new_york_city
- noun the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center
New York; Greater New York.
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denounce
- verb speak out against
- verb to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
stigmatise; brand; stigmatize; mark.
- He denounced the government action
- She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock
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guileful
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
tricky; wily; knavish; sly; slick; foxy; tricksy; dodgy; crafty; cunning.
- cunning men often pass for wise
- deep political machinations
- a foxy scheme
- a slick evasive answer
- sly as a fox
- tricky Dick
- a wily old attorney
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april_fool
- noun the butt of a prank played on April 1st
- noun a practical joke or trick played on the first day of April
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commercialization
- noun the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce
commercialisation.
- my father considered the commercialization of Christmas to be a sacrilege
- the government tried to accelerate the commercialization of this development
- both companies will retain control over the commercialization of their own products
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bag
- noun a flexible container with a single opening
- he stuffed his laundry into a large bag
- noun the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
- his bag included two deer
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bad
- noun that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
badness.
- take the bad with the good
- adjective having undesirable or negative qualities
- a bad report card
- his sloppy appearance made a bad impression
- a bad little boy
- clothes in bad shape
- a bad cut
- bad luck
- the news was very bad
- the reviews were bad
- the pay is bad
- it was a bad light for reading
- the movie was a bad choice
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enchant
- verb hold spellbound
enthrall; ravish; delight; enthral; enrapture; transport.
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
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setup
- noun equipment designed to serve a specific function
apparatus.
- noun the way something is organized or arranged
- it takes time to learn the setup around here
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postiche
- noun a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment
false hair; hairpiece.
- noun something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
sham; fake.
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wipe_out
- verb use up (resources or materials)
exhaust; consume; deplete; use up; eat up; eat; run through.
- this car consumes a lot of gas
- We exhausted our savings
- They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
- verb kill in large numbers
annihilate; carry off; decimate; eliminate; extinguish; eradicate.
- the plague wiped out an entire population
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fair
- noun a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
funfair; carnival.
- noun gathering of producers to promote business
- world fair
- trade fair
- book fair
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misdirect
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- verb lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
mislead; lead astray; misguide.
- The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
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inappropriate
- adjective not suitable for a particular occasion etc
- noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness
- inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach
- put inappropriate pressure on them
- adjective satellite not in keeping with what is correct or proper
unfitting; incompatible; out or keeping.
- completely inappropriate behavior
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away
- adjective satellite not present; having left
- he's away right now
- you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away
- adjective used of an opponent's ground
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mug
- noun the quantity that can be held in a mug
mugful.
- noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
fool; soft touch; sucker; gull; patsy; fall guy; chump; mark.
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soft_touch
- noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
fool; sucker; gull; patsy; fall guy; mug; chump; mark.
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personate
- verb pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
pose; impersonate.
- She posed as the Czar's daughter
- verb attribute human qualities to something
personify.
- The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous
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extend
- verb extend in scope or range or area
broaden; widen.
- The law was extended to all citizens
- widen the range of applications
- broaden your horizon
- Extend your backyard
- verb stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
go; run; lead; pass.
- Service runs all the way to Cranbury
- His knowledge doesn't go very far
- My memory extends back to my fourth year of life
- The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets
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trickster
- noun someone who plays practical jokes on others
cut-up; prankster; tricker; practical joker; hoaxer.
- noun someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
slicker; beguiler; cheat; deceiver; cheater.
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fallacious
- adjective satellite containing or based on a fallacy
unsound.
- fallacious reasoning
- an unsound argument
- adjective satellite intended to deceive
fraudulent; deceitful.
- deceitful advertising
- fallacious testimony
- smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge
- a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes
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ill
- noun an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
complaint; ailment.
- adjective affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
sick.
- ill from the monotony of his suffering
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delusory
- adjective satellite causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
deceptive.
- deceptive calm
- a delusory pleasure
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tattle
- noun disclosing information or giving evidence about another
telling; singing.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
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cod
- noun the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
pod; seedcase.
- noun lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
codfish.
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genus
- noun a general kind of something
- ignore the genus communism
- noun (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
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con
- noun an argument opposed to a proposal
- noun a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
inmate; convict; yard bird; yardbird.
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shiftiness
- noun the quality of being a slippery rascal
slipperiness; rascality; trickiness.
- noun the quality of being changeable in direction
- the shiftiness of the wind caused the boat to veer unpredictably
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st._lawrence
- noun Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
Saint Lawrence; Laurentius; Lawrence.
- noun a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic
Saint Lawrence River; Saint Lawrence; St. Lawrence River.
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trickery
- noun verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
hanky panky; skulduggery; slickness; jiggery-pokery; hocus-pocus; skullduggery.
- noun the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
chicanery; chicane; wile; shenanigan; guile.
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recur
- verb happen or occur again
repeat.
- This is a recurring story
- verb return in thought or speech to something
go back.
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roper
- noun a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)
- noun a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses
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putz
- noun (Yiddish) a fool; an idiot
- noun obscene terms for penis
shaft; prick; cock; tool; dick; peter; pecker.
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jackass
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
goof; cuckoo; fathead; goose; bozo; zany; twat; goofball.
- noun male donkey
jack.
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steamroller
- noun a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
juggernaut.
- noun vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
road roller.
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craft
- noun the skilled practice of a practical occupation
trade.
- he learned his trade as an apprentice
- noun a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space
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pejorative
- adjective satellite expressing disapproval
dyslogistic; dislogistic.
- dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'
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catch
- noun a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
gimmick.
- it sounds good but what's the catch?
- noun the quantity that was caught
haul.
- the catch was only 10 fish
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spin
- noun a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
- noun the act of rotating rapidly
twist; whirl; twisting; twirl.
- he gave the crank a spin
- it broke off after much twisting
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chicanery
- noun the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
trickery; chicane; wile; shenanigan; guile.
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sly
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
tricky; wily; knavish; slick; foxy; guileful; tricksy; dodgy; crafty; cunning.
- cunning men often pass for wise
- deep political machinations
- a foxy scheme
- a slick evasive answer
- sly as a fox
- tricky Dick
- a wily old attorney
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hat
- noun headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
lid; chapeau.
- noun an informal term for a person's role
- he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly
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pokery
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employ
- noun the state of being employed or having a job
employment.
- they are looking for employment
- he was in the employ of the city
- verb put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
apply; use; utilize; utilise.
- use your head!
- we only use Spanish at home
- I can't use this tool
- Apply a magnetic field here
- This thinking was applied to many projects
- How do you utilize this tool?
- I apply this rule to get good results
- use the plastic bags to store the food
- He doesn't know how to use a computer
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calcium
- noun a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals
Ca; atomic number 20.
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near
- verb move towards
go up; come near; draw near; draw close; come on; approach.
- We were approaching our destination
- They are drawing near
- The enemy army came nearer and nearer
- adjective not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
close; nigh.
- near neighbors
- in the near future
- they are near equals
- his nearest approach to success
- a very near thing
- a near hit by the bomb
- she was near tears
- she was close to tears
- had a close call
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st._george
- noun Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
George; Saint George.
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mangle
- noun clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers
- verb press with a mangle
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sting
- noun a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
stinging.
- the sting of death
- he felt the stinging of nettles
- noun a mental pain or distress
pang.
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player
- noun a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
participant.
- noun someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
musician; instrumentalist.
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acousma
- noun illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds
auditory hallucination.
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jest
- noun a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
gag; joke; laugh; jape.
- he told a very funny joke
- he knows a million gags
- thanks for the laugh
- he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
- even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
- noun activity characterized by good humor
jocularity; joke.
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in
- noun a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
inch.
- noun a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite
indium; atomic number 49.
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trap_play
- noun (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated
mousetrap.
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surcharge
- noun an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)
- verb charge an extra fee, as for a special service
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make
- noun a recognizable kind
brand.
- there's a new brand of hero in the movies now
- what make of car is that?
- noun the act of mixing cards haphazardly
shuffle; shuffling.
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straw_man
- noun a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
figurehead; nominal head; front; strawman; front man.
- noun a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
strawman.
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peculator
- noun someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use
defalcator; embezzler.
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welsh
- verb cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
welch.
- noun a native or resident of Wales
Welshman; Cymry; Cambrian.
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redevelop
- verb develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print
- verb formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis
reformulate.
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kid
- noun a young person of either sex
tiddler; nipper; tyke; small fry; nestling; youngster; child; fry; shaver; tike; minor.
- she writes books for children
- they're just kids
- `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
- noun soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat
kidskin.
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someone
- noun a human being
somebody; soul; person; individual; mortal.
- there was too much for one person to do
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gabble
- noun rapid and indistinct speech
jabber; jabbering.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
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goof
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
cuckoo; fathead; goose; bozo; zany; twat; jackass; goofball.
- noun a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
goofball; buffoon; clown; merry andrew.
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simulated
- adjective satellite not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; it's real synthetic fur"
faux; false; imitation; fake.
- it isn't fake anything
- faux pearls
- false teeth
- decorated with imitation palm leaves
- a purse of simulated alligator hide
- verb reproduce someone's behavior or looks
imitate; copy; simulate.
- The mime imitated the passers-by
- Children often copy their parents or older siblings
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joan_of_arc
- noun French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake (1412-1431)
Saint Joan; Jeanne d'Arc.
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victim
- noun an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
- noun a person who is tricked or swindled
dupe.
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lasso
- noun a long noosed rope used to catch animals
reata; lariat; riata.
- noun Belgian composer (1532-1594)
Orlando di Lasso; Roland de Lassus.
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short-circuit
- verb hamper the progress of; impede
- short-circuit warm feelings
- verb create a short circuit in
short.
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hay
- noun grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
- verb convert (plant material) into hay
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board
- noun a committee having supervisory powers
- the board has seven members
- noun a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
plank.
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easy
- adjective posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
- an easy job
- an easy problem
- an easy victory
- the house is easy to heat
- satisfied with easy answers
- took the easy way out of his dilemma
- adjective satellite not hurried or forced
easygoing; leisurely.
- an easy walk around the block
- at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace
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break-in
- noun trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent
housebreaking; breaking and entering.
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tartufe
- noun a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)
Tartuffe.
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reuse
- verb use again after processing
recycle; reprocess.
- We must recycle the cardboard boxes
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pump-and-dump_scheme
- noun an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices; the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises
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poser
- noun a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
poseur.
- noun a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
model.
- the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos
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psychological
- adjective satellite mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature
- give psychological support
- psychological warfare
- adjective of or relating to or determined by psychology
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thimblerig
- noun a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under
shell game.
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ill-treat
- verb treat badly
ill-use; maltreat; step; abuse; mistreat.
- This boss abuses his workers
- She is always stepping on others to get ahead
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warping
- noun a moral or mental distortion
warp.
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; distort; garble.
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hunt
- noun an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
hunt club.
- noun Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
William Holman Hunt; Holman Hunt.
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people
- noun (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
- old people
- there were at least 200 people in the audience
- noun the body of citizens of a state or country
citizenry.
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insistency
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
press; pressure; imperativeness; insistence.
- the insistence of their hunger
- the press of business matters
- noun the act of insisting on something
insistence.
- insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position
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holdup
- noun robbery at gunpoint
armed robbery; stickup; heist.
- noun the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
delay.
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deflection
- noun a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
warp.
- noun the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
refraction; deflexion.
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punch
- noun (boxing) a blow with the fist
biff; clout; poke; lick; slug.
- I gave him a clout on his nose
- noun an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
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pseud
- noun a person who makes deceitful pretenses
fraud; shammer; imposter; impostor; pseudo; faker; role player; fake; pretender; sham.
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election
- noun a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
- the results of the election will be announced tonight
- noun the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice
- her election of medicine as a profession
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invoice
- noun an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
account; bill.
- he paid his bill and left
- send me an account of what I owe
- verb send an bill to
- She invoiced the company for her expenses
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insistence
- noun continual and persistent demands
insisting.
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
press; pressure; insistency; imperativeness.
- the insistence of their hunger
- the press of business matters
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indirect
- adjective satellite having intervening factors or persons or influences
- reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light
- indirect evidence
- an indirect cause
- adjective not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination
- sometimes taking an indirect path saves time
- you must take an indirect course in sailing
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work_out
- verb come up with
work up.
- His colleagues worked out his interesting idea
- We worked up an ad for our client
- verb happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well
- Things worked out in an interesting way
- Not everything worked out in the end and we were disappointed
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for
In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place.
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armed
- adjective (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
- verb prepare oneself for a military confrontation
build up; gird; fortify; arm.
- The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East
- troops are building up on the Iraqi border
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fox
- noun alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- noun a shifty deceptive person
dodger; slyboots.
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fob
- noun a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch
watch pocket.
- noun an adornment that hangs from a watch chain
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spill_the_beans
- verb divulge confidential information or secrets
let the cat out of the bag; peach; babble; babble out; tattle; blab out; sing; blab; talk.
- Be careful--his secretary talks
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bamboozle
- verb conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
lead by the nose; play false; snow; hoodwink; pull the wool over someone's eyes.
- He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well
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devil
- noun an evil supernatural being
daemon; demon; daimon; fiend.
- noun (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
Prince of Darkness; Lucifer; the Tempter; Beelzebub; Satan; Old Nick.
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pose
- noun affected manners intended to impress others
airs.
- don't put on airs with me
- noun a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
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blackmail
- noun extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
- verb exert pressure on someone through threats
pressure; blackjack.
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ply
- noun one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
- three-ply cord
- four-ply yarn
- noun (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood
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constructive
- adjective constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development
- constructive criticism
- a constructive attitude
- a constructive philosophy
- constructive permission
- adjective satellite emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good
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glibness
- noun a kind of fluent easy superficiality
slickness.
- the glibness of a high-pressure salesman
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paperhanger
- noun someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money
- noun one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper
paperer.
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hyperbolize
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
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misleading
- adjective satellite designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
shoddy; deceptive.
- the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm
- deliberately deceptive packaging
- a misleading similarity
- statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading
- shoddy business practices
- verb lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
mislead; lead astray; misguide; misdirect.
- The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
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commit
- verb perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
perpetrate; pull.
- perpetrate a crime
- pull a bank robbery
- verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
devote; consecrate; dedicate; give.
- She committed herself to the work of God
- give one's talents to a good cause
- consecrate your life to the church
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blabber
- noun one who reveals confidential information in return for money
squealer; informer; rat; betrayer.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; twaddle.
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soldiering
- noun skills that are required for the life of soldier
soldiership.
- noun the evasion of work or duty
slacking; shirking; goofing off; goldbricking.
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defalcate
- verb appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
embezzle; misappropriate; malversate; peculate.
- The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family
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sop
- noun piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
sops.
- noun a concession given to mollify or placate
- the offer was a sop to my feelings
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annoyance
- noun the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
botheration; vexation; irritation.
- noun anger produced by some annoying irritation
chafe; vexation.
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deception
- noun a misleading falsehood
deceit; misrepresentation.
- noun the act of deceiving
deceit; dissimulation; dissembling.
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gip
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; diddle; defraud; swindle.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
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new_jersey
- noun a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
Garden State; NJ; Jersey.
- noun one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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intrinsic
- adjective belonging to a thing by its very nature
intrinsical.
- form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey
- adjective satellite situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts
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avail
- noun a means of serving
help; service.
- of no avail
- there's no help for it
- verb use to one's advantage
- He availed himself of the available resources
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war
- noun the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
warfare.
- thousands of people were killed in the war
- noun a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
state of war.
- war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring
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deplete
- verb use up (resources or materials)
exhaust; consume; wipe out; use up; eat up; eat; run through.
- this car consumes a lot of gas
- We exhausted our savings
- They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
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head
- noun the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
caput.
- he stuck his head out the window
- noun a single domestic animal
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laurentius
- noun Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
St. Lawrence; Saint Lawrence; Lawrence.
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back
- noun the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
dorsum.
- his back was nicely tanned
- noun the side that goes last or is not normally seen
rear.
- he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
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heat
- noun a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
heat energy.
- noun the presence of heat
high temperature; hotness.
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escape
- noun the act of escaping physically
flight.
- he made his escape from the mental hospital
- the canary escaped from its cage
- his flight was an indication of his guilt
- noun an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
escapism.
- romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life
- his alcohol problem was a form of escapism
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riqueti
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fibbing
- noun a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
paltering.
- verb tell a relatively insignificant lie
fib.
- Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying
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annoying
- noun the act of troubling or annoying someone
annoyance; vexation; irritation.
- verb cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
annoy; rag; devil; bother; vex; irritate; nettle; rile; get to; nark; get at; gravel; chafe.
- Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
- It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
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trip
- noun a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
- he took a trip to the shopping center
- noun a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
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shit
- noun obscene terms for feces
poop; crap; dirt; shite; turd.
- noun obscene words for unacceptable behavior
crap; horseshit; Irish bull; dogshit; bull; bullshit.
- I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
- what he said was mostly bull
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utterer
- noun an organism that can utter vocal sounds
vocalizer; vocaliser.
- an utterer of foul oaths
- is the giraffe a vocalizer?
- noun someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins
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piffle
- noun trivial nonsense
balderdash; fiddle-faddle.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
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role
- noun the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
function; part; office.
- the function of a teacher
- the government must do its part
- play its role
- noun an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
part; character; persona; theatrical role.
- she played the part of Desdemona
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war_machine
- noun the military forces of a nation
armed forces; military; armed services; military machine.
- their military is the largest in the region
- the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker
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pseudonym
- noun a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
nom de guerre; anonym.
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flush
- noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
prime; flower; blossom; efflorescence; peak; bloom; heyday.
- noun a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
rosiness; blush; bloom.
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stops
- noun a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
Michigan; Newmarket; boodle; Chicago.
- noun the event of something ending
stop; halt.
- it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
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assume
- verb take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
take for granted; presume.
- I assume his train was late
- verb take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
take on; take over; adopt.
- When will the new President assume office?
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pseudo
- noun a person who makes deceitful pretenses
fraud; shammer; imposter; impostor; faker; pseud; role player; fake; pretender; sham.
- adjective satellite (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of
- a pseudo esthete
- pseudoclassic
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cheater
- noun someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
slicker; trickster; beguiler; cheat; deceiver.
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time
- noun an instance or single occasion for some event
clip.
- this time he succeeded
- he called four times
- he could do ten at a clip
- noun a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
- take time to smell the roses
- I didn't have time to finish
- it took more than half my time
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dance
- noun an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- noun a party of people assembled for dancing
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rob
- verb take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
- The burglars robbed him of all his money
- verb rip off; ask an unreasonable price
fleece; soak; plume; pluck; hook; overcharge; gazump; surcharge.
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invent
- verb come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
formulate; devise; contrive; excogitate; forge.
- excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
- verb make up something artificial or untrue
fabricate; manufacture; cook up; make up.
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mill
- noun a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
factory; manufactory; manufacturing plant.
- noun Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)
James Mill.
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grifter
- noun a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
gouger; chiseller; chiseler; defrauder; swindler; scammer.
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milk
- noun a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
- noun produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
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deceitful
- adjective satellite intended to deceive
fallacious; fraudulent.
- deceitful advertising
- fallacious testimony
- smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge
- a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes
- adjective satellite marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
double-dealing; two-faced; duplicitous; double-faced; Janus-faced; ambidextrous; double-tongued.
- she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
- a double-dealing double agent
- a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
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sufferer
- noun a person suffering from an illness
sick person; diseased person.
- noun one who suffers for the sake of principle
martyr.
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charge
- noun an impetuous rush toward someone or something
- the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary
- the battle began with a cavalry charge
- noun (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
complaint.
- he was arrested on a charge of larceny
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imposture
- noun pretending to be another person
impersonation.
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icing
- noun the formation of frost or ice on a surface
frost.
- noun a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
frosting; ice.
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advantage
- noun the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
vantage.
- the experience gave him the advantage over me
- noun (tennis) first point scored after deuce
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cook
- noun someone who cooks food
- noun English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
Captain Cook; James Cook; Captain James Cook.
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trouble
- noun a source of difficulty
problem.
- one trouble after another delayed the job
- what's the problem?
- noun an angry disturbance
bother; hassle; fuss.
- he didn't want to make a fuss
- they had labor trouble
- a spot of bother
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bluffer
- noun a person who tries to bluff other people
four-flusher.
- adjective satellite very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
sheer; bold; bluff.
- a bluff headland
- where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
- a sheer descent of rock
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skulduggery
- noun verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
trickery; hanky panky; slickness; jiggery-pokery; hocus-pocus; skullduggery.
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dig
- noun the site of an archeological exploration
excavation; archeological site.
- they set up camp next to the dig
- noun an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
shaft; gibe; shot; barb; slam; jibe.
- his parting shot was `drop dead'
- she threw shafts of sarcasm
- she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
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two-timer
- noun someone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody else
- noun a person who says one thing and does another
double-crosser; traitor; betrayer; double-dealer.
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tyndale
- noun English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536)
Tindale; Tindal; William Tindale; William Tindal; William Tyndale.
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settle
- noun a long wooden bench with a back
settee.
- verb settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
settle down.
- dust settled on the roofs
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encroach
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
infringe; impinge.
- verb impinge or infringe upon
impinge; trench; entrench.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
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guy
- noun an informal term for a youth or man
bozo; hombre; cat.
- a nice guy
- the guy's only doing it for some doll
- noun an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
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george
- noun Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
St. George; Saint George.
- noun King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1936 to 1947; he succeeded Edward VIII (1895-1952)
George VI.
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work
- noun activity directed toward making or doing something
- she checked several points needing further work
- noun a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
piece of work.
- it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works
- the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work
- he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey
- the work of an active imagination
- erosion is the work of wind or water over time
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dealing
- noun method or manner of conduct in relation to others
- noun the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)
transaction; dealings.
- no transactions are possible without him
- he has always been honest is his dealings with me
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blab_out
- verb divulge confidential information or secrets
let the cat out of the bag; peach; babble; spill the beans; babble out; tattle; sing; blab; talk.
- Be careful--his secretary talks
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talker
- noun someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
verbalizer; speaker; utterer; verbaliser.
- the speaker at commencement
- an utterer of useful maxims
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build_up
- verb enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages
- verb form or accumulate steadily
progress; build; work up.
- Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
- Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border
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twaddle
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
taradiddle; boloney; humbug; bilgewater; tarradiddle; tosh; bosh; baloney; drool; tommyrot.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber.
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stealer
- noun a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
thief.
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victimization
- noun adversity resulting from being made a victim
- his victimization infuriated him
- noun an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
exploitation; using; victimisation.
- capitalistic exploitation of the working class
- paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization
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fraud_in_fact
- noun actual deceit; concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another
positive fraud.
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sentimentalise
- verb make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities
sentimentalize.
- Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind
- These experiences have sentimentalized her
- verb look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
sentimentalize.
- Don't sentimentalize the past events
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barratry
- noun traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
simony.
- noun the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery
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collateral
- noun a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
- adjective descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
indirect.
- cousins are collateral relatives
- an indirect descendant of the Stuarts
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chicane
- noun a bridge hand that is void of trumps
- noun a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
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water
- noun binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
H2O.
- noun the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
body of water.
- they invaded our territorial waters
- they were sitting by the water's edge
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baseball
- noun a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
baseball game.
- he played baseball in high school
- there was a baseball game on every empty lot
- there was a desire for National League ball in the area
- play ball!
- noun a ball used in playing baseball
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address
- noun (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
reference; computer address.
- noun the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with
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deceit
- noun the quality of being fraudulent
fraudulence.
- noun a misleading falsehood
misrepresentation; deception.
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victimizer
- noun a person who victimizes others
victimiser.
- I thought we were partners, not victim and victimizer
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change
- noun an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
modification; alteration.
- the change was intended to increase sales
- this storm is certainly a change for the worse
- the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago
- noun a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
- he attributed the change to their marriage
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molestation
- noun the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children)
- noun the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
harassment.
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boy
- noun a youthful male person
male child.
- the baby was a boy
- she made the boy brush his teeth every night
- most soldiers are only boys in uniform
- noun a friendly informal reference to a grown man
- he likes to play golf with the boys
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cuckoo
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
goof; fathead; goose; bozo; zany; twat; jackass; goofball.
- noun any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
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disregard
- noun lack of attention and due care
neglect.
- noun willful lack of care and attention
neglect.
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somatic
- adjective satellite affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
corporal; corporeal; bodily.
- bodily needs
- a corporal defect
- corporeal suffering
- a somatic symptom or somatic illness
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exploitation
- noun the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
development.
- the development of Alaskan resources
- the exploitation of copper deposits
- noun an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
using; victimisation; victimization.
- capitalistic exploitation of the working class
- paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization
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scam
- noun a fraudulent business scheme
cozenage.
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; diddle; defraud; swindle.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
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concoct
- verb make a concoction (of) by mixing
- verb prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
cook up.
- concoct a strange mixture
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lenox
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sharper
- noun a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
card sharper; sharpy; card shark; cardsharp; cardsharper; card sharp; sharpie.
- adjective satellite (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
sharp; crisp.
- a sharp photographic image
- the sharp crack of a twig
- the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot
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positive
- noun the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
positive degree.
- noun a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
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captivate
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enchant; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
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by
- adverb so as to pass a given point
past.
- every hour a train goes past
- adverb in reserve; not for immediate use
away; aside.
- started setting aside money to buy a car
- put something by for her old age
- has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day
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prey
- noun a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
fair game; target; quarry.
- he fell prey to muggers
- everyone was fair game
- the target of a manhunt
- noun animal hunted or caught for food
quarry.
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sting_operation
- noun a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
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entrance
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
entryway; entree; entranceway; entry.
- they waited at the entrance to the garden
- beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral
- noun a movement into or inward
entering.
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visual
- adjective relating to or using sight
ocular; optical; optic.
- ocular inspection
- an optical illusion
- visual powers
- visual navigation
- adjective satellite visible; give me the ocular proof"- Shakespeare
ocular.
- be sure of it
- a visual presentation
- a visual image
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icing_the_puck
- noun (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal
icing.
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lead_by_the_nose
- verb conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
play false; snow; hoodwink; pull the wool over someone's eyes; bamboozle.
- He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well
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pretend
- noun the enactment of a pretense
make-believe.
- verb make believe with the intent to deceive
affect; feign; dissemble; sham.
- He feigned that he was ill
- He shammed a headache
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dissembler
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
hypocrite; phoney; phony; dissimulator; pretender.
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soul
- noun the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
psyche.
- noun a human being
someone; somebody; person; individual; mortal.
- there was too much for one person to do
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cat
- noun feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
true cat.
- noun an informal term for a youth or man
bozo; guy; hombre.
- a nice guy
- the guy's only doing it for some doll
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frivolity
- noun the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible
frivolousness.
- noun something of little value or significance
frippery; fluff; bagatelle.
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slowness
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
ineptness; awkwardness; ineptitude; maladroitness; clumsiness.
- noun a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
deliberateness; unhurriedness; deliberation.
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dodge
- noun an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
stratagem; contrivance.
- his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
- noun a quick evasive movement
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sandbag
- noun a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast
- verb treat harshly or unfairly
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trump
- noun a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
trump card.
- the ace of trumps is a sure winner
- noun (card games) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand
- clubs were declared trumps
- a trump can take a trick even when a card of a different suit is led
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stroke
- noun (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
shot.
- it took two strokes to get out of the bunker
- a good shot requires good balance and tempo
- he left me an almost impossible shot
- noun the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
throw; cam stroke.
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nihilism
- noun a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake
- noun the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
nihilistic delusion.
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pocus
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cavil
- noun an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
quibble; quiddity.
- verb raise trivial objections
carp; chicane.
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levy
- noun a charge imposed and collected
- noun the act of drafting into military service
levy en masse.
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dive
- noun a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
honkytonk.
- noun a headlong plunge into water
diving.
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perfidy
- noun betrayal of a trust
perfidiousness; treachery.
- noun an act of deliberate betrayal
betrayal; treachery; treason.
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sandbagger
- noun someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of you
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suck
- noun the act of sucking
suction; sucking.
- verb draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
- suck the poison from the place where the snake bit
- suck on a straw
- the baby sucked on the mother's breast
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man
- noun an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
adult male.
- there were two women and six men on the bus
- noun someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
military man; serviceman; military personnel.
- two men stood sentry duty
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fraudulence
- noun a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
duplicity.
- noun the quality of being fraudulent
deceit.
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psychoneurotic
- noun a person suffering from neurosis
mental case; neurotic.
- adjective affected with emotional disorder
neurotic.
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befool
- verb make a fool or dupe of
fool; gull.
- verb fool or hoax
fool; put on; gull; take in; dupe; put one over; cod; put one across; slang.
- The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone
- You can't fool me!
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deceive
- verb be false to; be dishonest with
cozen; lead on; delude.
- verb cause someone to believe an untruth
lead astray; betray.
- The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house
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talk
- noun an exchange of ideas via conversation
talking.
- let's have more work and less talk around here
- noun discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')
- his poetry contains much talk about love and anger
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misapplication
- noun wrong use or application
- noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
embezzlement; peculation; defalcation; misappropriation.
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canary
- noun someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
sneaker; stool pigeon; sneak; stoolpigeon; fink; stoolie; snitch; snitcher.
- noun a female singer
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embezzlement
- noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
peculation; defalcation; misappropriation; misapplication.
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burglary
- noun entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property
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smoothie
- noun someone with an assured and ingratiating manner
smoothy; sweet talker; charmer.
- noun a thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk
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wring
- noun a twisting squeeze
squeeze.
- gave the wet cloth a wring
- verb twist and press out of shape
distort; deform; contort.
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troubler
- noun someone who deliberately stirs up trouble
mischief-maker; troublemaker; bad hat; trouble maker.
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hanky
- noun a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
hankey; hankie; handkerchief.
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hold_up
- verb be the physical support of; carry the weight of
support; hold; sustain.
- The beam holds up the roof
- He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam
- What's holding that mirror?
- verb hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
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window
- noun a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
- noun a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened
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jip
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mail
- noun the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
- noun the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
post; mail service; postal service.
- the mail handles billions of items every day
- he works for the United States mail service
- in England they call mail `the post'
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intrinsic_fraud
- noun fraud (as by use of forged documents or false claims or perjury) that misleads a court or jury and induces a finding for the one perpetrating the fraud
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hale
- verb to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
coerce; force; squeeze; pressure.
- He squeezed her for information
- noun a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
Nathan Hale.
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half
- noun one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
one-half.
- half a loaf
- half an hour
- a century and one half
- noun one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
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bullshit
- noun obscene words for unacceptable behavior
crap; horseshit; Irish bull; dogshit; bull; shit.
- I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
- what he said was mostly bull
- verb speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
fake; bull; talk through one's hat.
- The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it
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down
- noun soft fine feathers
down feather.
- noun (American football) a complete play to advance the football
- you have four downs to gain ten yards
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name
- noun a language unit by which a person or thing is known
- his name really is George Washington
- those are two names for the same thing
- noun a person's reputation
- he wanted to protect his good name
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servant
- noun a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
retainer.
- noun in a subordinate position
handmaiden; handmaid.
- theology should be the handmaiden of ethics
- the state cannot be a servant of the church
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rock
- noun a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
stone.
- noun material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
stone.
- that mountain is solid rock
- stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries
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vexation
- noun anger produced by some annoying irritation
chafe; annoyance.
- noun the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
botheration; annoyance; irritation.
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unitization
- noun (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units
unitisation; chunking.
- noun the act of packaging cargo into unit loads
unitisation.
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goose
- noun web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
goof; cuckoo; fathead; bozo; zany; twat; jackass; goofball.
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entering
- noun a movement into or inward
entrance.
- noun the act of entering
entry; entrance; incoming; ingress.
- she made a grand entrance
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go_around
- verb be sufficient
- There's not enough to go around
- verb become widely known and passed on
spread; circulate.
- the rumor spread
- the story went around in the office
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astray
- adverb away from the right path or direction
- adverb far from the intended target
wide.
- the arrow went wide of the mark
- a bullet went astray and killed a bystander
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schtik
- noun (Yiddish) a little; a piece
shtick; shtik; schtick.
- give him a shtik cake
- he's a shtik crazy
- he played a shtik Beethoven
- noun (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
shtick; shtik; schtick.
- play it straight with no shtik
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maneuver
- noun a military training exercise
simulated military operation; manoeuvre.
- noun a plan for attaining a particular goal
manoeuvre; tactics; tactic.
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romani
- noun a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
Gipsy; Rommany; Gypsy; Bohemian; Roma; Romany.
- adjective of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture
Romany.
- Romani nomads
- Romany folk songs
- a Gypsy fortune-teller
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obscurantism
- noun a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge
- noun a deliberate act intended to make something obscure
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snooker
- noun a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball
- verb fool or dupe
- He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk
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mime
- noun an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
pantomimist; pantomimer; mummer; mimer.
- noun a performance using gestures and body movements without words
dumb show; pantomime.
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card
- noun one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
- he collected cards and traded them with the other boys
- noun a card certifying the identity of the bearer
identity card.
- he had to show his card to get in
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impose
- verb compel to behave in a certain way
enforce.
- Social relations impose courtesy
- verb impose something unpleasant
bring down; visit; inflict.
- The principal visited his rage on the students
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turn
- noun a circular segment of a curve
twist; crook; bend.
- a bend in the road
- a crook in the path
- noun the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
turning.
- he took a turn to the right
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place
- noun a point located with respect to surface features of some region
spot; topographic point.
- this is a nice place for a picnic
- a bright spot on a planet
- noun any area set aside for a particular purpose
property.
- who owns this place?
- the president was concerned about the property across from the White House
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quibble
- noun an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
cavil; quiddity.
- verb evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
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neglect
- noun lack of attention and due care
disregard.
- noun the state of something that has been unused and neglected
disuse.
- the house was in a terrible state of neglect
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blind
- noun people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
- he spent hours reading to the blind
- noun a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
- he waited impatiently in the blind
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feign
- verb make believe with the intent to deceive
affect; pretend; dissemble; sham.
- He feigned that he was ill
- He shammed a headache
- verb make a pretence of
assume; simulate; sham.
- She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
- he feigned sleep
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striking
- noun the physical coming together of two or more things
impinging; contact.
- contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull
- noun the act of contacting one thing with another
hitting; hit.
- repeated hitting raised a large bruise
- after three misses she finally got a hit
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commercialize
- verb exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality
- The hotel owners are commercializing the beaches
- verb make commercial
market; commercialise.
- Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life
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crib
- noun baby bed with high sides made of slats
cot.
- noun a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
pony; trot.
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one
- noun the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
ace; I; unity; 1; single.
- he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it
- they had lunch at one
- noun a single person or thing
- he is the best one
- this is the one I ordered
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consecrate
- verb appoint to a clerical posts
ordinate; ordain; order.
- he was ordained in the Church
- verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
devote; commit; dedicate; give.
- She committed herself to the work of God
- give one's talents to a good cause
- consecrate your life to the church
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open
- noun a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
clear.
- finally broke out of the forest into the open
- noun where the air is unconfined
out-of-doors; open air; outdoors.
- he wanted to get outdoors a little
- the concert was held in the open air
- camping in the open
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city
- noun a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
metropolis; urban center.
- Ancient Troy was a great city
- noun an incorporated administrative district established by state charter
- the city raised the tax rate
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sheet
- noun any broad thin expanse or surface
- noun paper used for writing or printing
sheet of paper; piece of paper.
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pull_a_fast_one_on
- verb deceive somebody
play tricks; flim-flam; play a joke on; fox; trick; play a trick on; fob.
- We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week
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psychotic
- noun a person afflicted with psychosis
psychotic person; psycho.
- adjective satellite characteristic of or suffering from psychosis
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snipe_hunt
- noun an elaborate practical joke in which the unsuspecting victim hunts a snipe and is typically left in the dark holding a bag and waiting for the snipe to run into it
- in the South a snipe hunt is practically a rite of passage
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white
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
whiteness.
- noun a member of the Caucasoid race
White person; Caucasian.
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friend
- noun a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
- he was my best friend at the university
- noun an associate who provides cooperation or assistance
ally.
- he's a good ally in fight
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eyes
- noun opinion or judgment
- in the eyes of the law
- I was wrong in her eyes
- noun the organ of sight
eye; optic; oculus.
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thieving
- noun the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
larceny; thievery; theft; stealing.
- the thieving is awful at Kennedy International
- verb take by theft
cop; knock off; glom; thieve; hook; snitch.
- Someone snitched my wallet!
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antic
- noun a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
caper; joke; trick; put-on; prank.
- verb act as or like a clown
clown around; clown.
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butt
- noun thick end of the handle
butt end.
- noun the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
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bewitch
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enchant; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
- verb attract strongly, as if with a magnet
mesmerize; mesmerise; magnetize; magnetise; spellbind.
- She magnetized the audience with her tricks
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impinge
- verb impinge or infringe upon
trench; entrench; encroach.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
infringe; encroach.
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drywall
- noun a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses
wallboard; dry wall.
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and
A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence. (a) It is sometimes used emphatically; as, "there are women and women," that is, two very different sorts of women. (b) By a rhetorical figure, notions, one of which is modificatory of the other, are connected by and; as, "the tediousness and process of my travel," that is, the tedious process, etc.; "thy fair and outward character," that is, thy outwardly fair character, Schmidt's Shak. Lex.
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twisting
- noun the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
straining; overrefinement; torture; distortion.
- noun the act of rotating rapidly
twist; whirl; spin; twirl.
- he gave the crank a spin
- it broke off after much twisting
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blitz
- noun (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line
linebacker blitzing; safety blitz.
- noun a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
blitzkrieg.
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impingement
- noun influencing strongly
impact; encroachment.
- they resented the impingement of American values on European culture
- noun a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something
impaction.
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sap
- noun a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
- noun a person who lacks good judgment
fool; saphead; tomfool; muggins.
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lead_on
- verb entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken
- verb be false to; be dishonest with
cozen; deceive; delude.
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slacking
- noun the evasion of work or duty
shirking; goofing off; soldiering; goldbricking.
- verb avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
slack.
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take
- noun the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
return; yield; takings; issue; proceeds; payoff.
- the average return was about 5%
- noun the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
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price
- noun the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
cost; monetary value.
- the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver
- he puts a high price on his services
- he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection
- noun the amount of money needed to purchase something
terms; damage.
- the price of gasoline
- he got his new car on excellent terms
- how much is the damage?
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betrayal
- noun an act of deliberate betrayal
perfidy; treachery; treason.
- noun the quality of aiding an enemy
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get_off
- verb leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
- verb be relieved of one's duties temporarily
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make_hay
- verb turn to one's advantage
- The environmentalist lobby made hay of the nuclear plant accident
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ill-use
- verb treat badly
ill-treat; maltreat; step; abuse; mistreat.
- This boss abuses his workers
- She is always stepping on others to get ahead
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rascality
- noun the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
prankishness; roguishness.
- noun the quality of being a slippery rascal
slipperiness; shiftiness; trickiness.
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drive
- noun the act of applying force to propel something
thrust; driving force.
- after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off
- noun a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
- a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds
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slaver
- noun a person engaged in slave trade
slave dealer; slave trader.
- noun someone who holds slaves
slave owner; slaveholder.
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shop
- noun a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
store.
- he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod
- noun small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
workshop.
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chiseller
- noun a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
gouger; chiseler; defrauder; swindler; scammer; grifter.
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tell_on
- verb give away information about somebody
shop; give away; denounce; stag; rat; betray; snitch; grass; shit.
- He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
- verb produce an effect or strain on somebody
- Each step told on his tired legs
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shot
- noun the act of firing a projectile
shooting.
- his shooting was slow but accurate
- noun a solid missile discharged from a firearm
pellet.
- the shot buzzed past his ear
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show
- noun the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
- a remarkable show of skill
- noun something intended to communicate a particular impression
display.
- made a display of strength
- a show of impatience
- a good show of looking interested
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cheat
- noun weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
darnel; bearded darnel; Lolium temulentum; tare.
- noun weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
Bromus secalinus; chess.
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meretriciousness
- noun an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
speciousness.
- the speciousness of his argument
- noun tasteless showiness
tawdriness; gaudiness; glitz; flashiness; brashness; loudness; garishness.
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trespass
- noun a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
- noun entry to another's property without right or permission
violation; encroachment; usurpation; intrusion.
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trot
- noun a slow pace of running
lope; jog.
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
Trotskyite; Trotskyist.
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trickiness
- noun the quality of being a slippery rascal
slipperiness; shiftiness; rascality.
- noun the quality of requiring skill or caution
- these puzzles are famous for their trickiness
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plume
- noun anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness
- a plume of smoke
- grass with large plumes
- noun a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament
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gull
- noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
fool; soft touch; sucker; patsy; fall guy; mug; chump; mark.
- noun mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
sea gull; seagull.
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crime
- noun (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
offence; criminal offense; law-breaking; offense; criminal offence.
- noun an evil act not necessarily punishable by law
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manoeuvre
- noun a plan for attaining a particular goal
maneuver; tactics; tactic.
- noun a military training exercise
maneuver; simulated military operation.
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dissembling
- noun pretending with intention to deceive
pretence; pretense; feigning.
- noun the act of deceiving
deceit; dissimulation; deception.
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stick_up
- verb rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
hold up.
- verb defend against attack or criticism
stand up.
- He stood up for his friend
- She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student
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wool
- noun a fabric made from the hair of sheep
woolen; woollen.
- noun fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
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exaggeration
- noun extravagant exaggeration
hyperbole.
- noun the act of making something more noticeable than usual
- the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness
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get
- noun a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- verb come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
acquire.
- She got a lot of paintings from her uncle
- They acquired a new pet
- Get your results the next day
- Get permission to take a few days off from work
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aim
- noun an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
intention; design; intent; purpose.
- his intent was to provide a new translation
- good intentions are not enough
- it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs
- he made no secret of his designs
- noun the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
objective; object; target.
- the sole object of her trip was to see her children
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slyness
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
guile; craft; foxiness; craftiness; wiliness; cunning.
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hedge
- noun a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
hedgerow.
- noun any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
hedging.
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gibber
- noun unintelligible talking
gibberish.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
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treachery
- noun betrayal of a trust
perfidy; perfidiousness.
- noun an act of deliberate betrayal
perfidy; betrayal; treason.
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artist
- noun a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
creative person.
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joker
- noun a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes
jokester.
- noun a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
turkey.
- some joker is blocking the driveway
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paper
- noun a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
- noun an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
report; theme; composition.
- he got an A on his composition
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imposter
- noun a person who makes deceitful pretenses
fraud; shammer; impostor; pseudo; faker; pseud; role player; fake; pretender; sham.
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college
- noun the body of faculty and students of a college
- noun an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university
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diddle
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; defraud; swindle.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
- verb manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
toy; fiddle; play.
- She played nervously with her wedding ring
- Don't fiddle with the screws
- He played with the idea of running for the Senate
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hanky_panky
- noun verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
trickery; skulduggery; slickness; jiggery-pokery; hocus-pocus; skullduggery.
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pump
- noun a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
- noun the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
heart; ticker.
- he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
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delusions_of_persecution
- noun a delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you; a complicated conspiracy is frequently imagined
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across
- adverb to the opposite side
- the football field was 300 feet across
- adverb transversely
crosswise; crossways.
- the marble slabs were cut across
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smoothy
- noun someone with an assured and ingratiating manner
smoothie; sweet talker; charmer.
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charmer
- noun someone with an assured and ingratiating manner
smoothie; smoothy; sweet talker.
- noun a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness)
beguiler.
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pluck
- noun the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
pluckiness; gutsiness.
- noun the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
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overcharge
- noun a price that is too high
- verb rip off; ask an unreasonable price
fleece; soak; plume; pluck; hook; rob; gazump; surcharge.
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victimiser
- noun a person who victimizes others
victimizer.
- I thought we were partners, not victim and victimizer
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bunko
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
bunco game; bunko game; sting; flimflam; con game; confidence game; gyp; bunco; hustle; confidence trick; con.
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darin
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trader
- noun someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
bargainer; monger; dealer.
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hypocrisy
- noun an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
lip service.
- noun insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
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dedicate
- verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
devote; commit; consecrate; give.
- She committed herself to the work of God
- give one's talents to a good cause
- consecrate your life to the church
- verb open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building
- The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes
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belie
- verb be in contradiction with
negate; contradict.
- verb represent falsely
misrepresent.
- This statement misrepresents my intentions
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expression
- noun the feelings expressed on a person's face
facial expression; look; aspect; face.
- a sad expression
- a look of triumph
- an angry face
- noun expression without words
reflexion; reflection; manifestation.
- tears are an expression of grief
- the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition
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characterization
- noun a graphic or vivid verbal description
picture; delineation; characterisation; word picture; depiction; word-painting.
- too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures
- the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland
- the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters
- noun the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
characterisation.
- the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd
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flim-flam
- verb deceive somebody
play tricks; play a joke on; fox; pull a fast one on; trick; play a trick on; fob.
- We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week
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exploit
- noun a notable achievement
effort; feat.
- he performed a great feat
- the book was her finest effort
- verb use or manipulate to one's advantage
work.
- He exploit the new taxation system
- She knows how to work the system
- he works his parents for sympathy
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mousetrap
- noun a trap for catching mice
- noun (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated
trap play.
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harassment
- noun a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
torment.
- so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors
- noun the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
molestation.
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card_sharp
- noun a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
card sharper; sharpy; sharper; card shark; cardsharp; cardsharper; sharpie.
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consumptive
- noun a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
lunger; tubercular.
- adjective tending to consume or use often wastefully
- water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses
- duties consumptive of time and energy
- consumptive fires
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mark
- noun a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
grade; score.
- she made good marks in algebra
- grade A milk
- what was your score on your homework?
- noun a distinguishing symbol
marker; marking.
- the owner's mark was on all the sheep
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quackery
- noun medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
empiricism.
- noun the dishonesty of a charlatan
charlatanism.
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tittle
- noun a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
smidge; smidgeon; scintilla; iota; smidgin; shred; whit; smidgen.
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card_shark
- noun a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
card sharper; sharpy; sharper; cardsharp; cardsharper; card sharp; sharpie.
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quack
- noun an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
- noun the harsh sound of a duck
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sidestep
- noun a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
- verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
dodge; fudge; evade; parry; elude; skirt; duck; hedge; circumvent; put off.
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
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andrew
- noun (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland
Saint Andrew; Saint Andrew the Apostle; St. Andrew.
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accessibility
- noun the quality of being at hand when needed
handiness; availableness; availability.
- noun the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with
approachability.
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craftiness
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
guile; craft; slyness; foxiness; wiliness; cunning.
- noun the quality of being crafty
deceitfulness; guile.
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shaft
- noun a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- noun an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
gibe; shot; dig; barb; slam; jibe.
- his parting shot was `drop dead'
- she threw shafts of sarcasm
- she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
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pretence
- noun a false or unsupportable quality
pretension; pretense.
- noun an artful or simulated semblance
guise; pretense; pretext.
- under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
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trick
- noun a cunning or deceitful action or device
fast one.
- he played a trick on me
- he pulled a fast one and got away with it
- noun a period of work or duty
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joke
- noun a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
gag; jest; laugh; jape.
- he told a very funny joke
- he knows a million gags
- thanks for the laugh
- he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
- even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
- noun activity characterized by good humor
jocularity; jest.
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strain
- noun (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
- noun difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
stress.
- she endured the stresses and strains of life
- he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson
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blab
- verb divulge confidential information or secrets
let the cat out of the bag; peach; babble; spill the beans; babble out; tattle; blab out; sing; talk.
- Be careful--his secretary talks
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
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pat
- noun the sound made by a gentle blow
tap; rap.
- noun a light touch or stroke
tap; dab.
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author
- noun writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
writer.
- noun someone who originates or causes or initiates something
source; generator.
- he was the generator of several complaints
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delusive
- adjective satellite inappropriate to reality or facts
false.
- delusive faith in a wonder drug
- delusive expectations
- false hopes
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jiggery-pokery
- noun verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
trickery; hanky panky; skulduggery; slickness; hocus-pocus; skullduggery.
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oil
- noun a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- noun oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
oil color; oil colour.
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assist
- noun the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
aid; assistance; help.
- he gave me an assist with the housework
- could not walk without assistance
- rescue party went to their aid
- offered his help in unloading
- noun (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play
